A word of advice if someone does shoot or trap a mountain lion! Don’t let the DNR take the carcass until you have it skinned! They probably won’t like it but with no law against shooting one…. keep it till you want to give the carcass to them.
Now the story and its very true. A good friend of mine lives around the community of Brooklyn where a lion was caught in a snare last November or December. He went over to view the animal and him and several other guys pulled the skirt up and seen it was a female . The DNR came and the fella let them take the cat and said he would get it back after it was studied at ISU. After many days of calling and emails he was contacted that the somehow the skin went bad. They determined that the female did have a couple of litters.
Now the kicker the DNR did there press release and said it was a young male.
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So my friend called the regional manager and asked why did the DNR say that it was a young male. DNR response was we can’t say publicly that it was a breeding female and get the residents of Iowa in a uproar!
I could give names of the people involved but not going to.
Happy cat hunting!
